South Africa expels Israel’s top envoy
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In tit-for-tat move, Israel expels South Africa's top diplomat, gives 72 hours to leave the country
Israel's foreign ministry posted on X that it was expelling South Africa's representative "following South Africa's false attacks against Israel
The government filed a case against Israel with the International Court of Justice in 2023 saying that its war on Gaza — which followed the October 2023 storming of Israel by fighters from the Palestinian group Hamas — breached the 1948 UN Genocide Convention. Israel has denied that accusation.